Structural and organizational predictors of homicide by police

Bibliographic Data

ID23322191
AuthorsBrad W Smith (Wayne State University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume27
Issue4
Pages539-557
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-951X • E-ISSN: 1758-695X
PublisherEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/13639510410566262
OpenAlexW2091457561
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited34

The present study examined homicides by police officers, testing threat, community violence, and organizational hypotheses. Using UCR, SHR, Census, and LEMAS data the study extends previous research by examining the relative impact of community violence, inequality and race, and organizational characteristics on the number of killings of felons by police officers in large US cities. The findings show that measures of racial threat and community violence were related to police killings. Measures of organizational policies were largely unrelated to the number of police killings. Overall the study extends research in the area, yet it also points to a more general need for research on the effects of organizational factors on police violence.

Census · Community policing · Criminology · Environmental health · Homicide · Inequality · Poison control · Police department · Political science · Population · Race (biology) · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Gender Studies · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology

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